Improved engine turning lathe



UNITED STATES EATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. DIOKINSON, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF ANDGEORGE ROVVDEN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED ENGINE TURNING LATHE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45.455, dated December13, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. DIGKIN- SON, of Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain lmprovements inEngine Turning-Lathes; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference bei ng had to theaccompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification.

My lathe is designed to be used for the purposes of engraving and ofornamenting jewelry, silver-ware, &c., and may also be used forengraving dies, for stamping work, for enameling, and for otherpurposes. lt is designed to take the place of the machine known as theRose Engine-Lathej7 by which these styles of work are. usuallyperformed, but which is subjectto several disadvantages, one of the mostprominent of which is that as the main shaft and its rosettes orpatterns with the work to be engraved must all vibrate bodily to wavethe line, and the aggregated weight of these being very considerable,their consequent great inertia renders it impracticable t0 run the latheat anything more than a very low speed. The vibration of the work orobject to be ornamented also renders it diiiicult to keep the compoundeccentric and tilt-chuck in complete adjustment, owing to the strain iand wear caused by the constant vibration of these heavy parts when thelathe is in motion. These defects make themselves readily apparent inthe quality of the work. This fact will be the more obvious when weconsider that the work is exact in its nature, and that a very smalldeviation from absolute accuracy must therefore, from the nature of thef case, make a very easily perceptible difference f in the finishedengraving.

Another important difficulty in the use of y the rose lathe for somekinds of work arises from its incapacity to execute the propervibrations parallel to the surface ot' the work, when said surface is atan angle between a line parallel with the mandrel of the lathe andanotherI line at right angles thereto. In

all such cases the vibration of the work ioproy duce the waved linenecessarily causes it to approach and recede from the rest whichsupports the cutting'tool, and as the vibration of the work mustnecessarily be either in a line parallel to the mandrel or atright'angles to it, this motion to and from the rest is necessarily atsome angles very considerable, and involves a corresponding advance andwithdrawal ofthe tool at each vibration. It is obvious that this stateof things must necessarily to a certain extent be destructive :o theharmony ofthe design, not only on account of the imperfections resultingfrom the alternate advance and withdrawal of the tool, hut also inconsequence of the fact that the angularit-y of the surface of the workto the line of moits form and extent from what it would be were the samemotion applied upon a surface parallel to the line of motion. Thisditliculty is particularly experienced in engraving watchcases whileworking out over the turn near the periphery.

The difiiculties above named are increased by the additional one ofmaking the divisions of the rosettes of the exact form necessary to givethe best effect, and by the still greater one of preserving them in thaiform, when made, against the abrasion unavoidably re.- sulting from thevibration of so great a weight upon them. rl`he rose-lathe is alsoinconven` i ient in the matter of changing fiom one l iigure to another.

My machine is also designed to do a large porticn of those kinds of workwhich are now done on the machine known as the geometrical lathe 7 forbank-note work and other purposes. For several ofthe purposes for whichthe latter-named machine is used my machine possisses the advantages ofgreater facility oli' adaptation andthe capability of greater speed ofoperation.

In my machine all the motions, except the t simple ones of eitherrotation or rectilinear motion gi ven to the work, are made by the toolinstead of by the mandrel or slide. In most ofthe lathes now in use forthe purposes for which mine is intended the figures are made up by themotions of the mandrel or slide, no motion ofthe tool having beendevised previous to my invention which was of sufficiently universaladaptation to the general and inultifarious purposes to which suchmachines i are applied to justify its extended embodyment in lathes ofthis kind.

My invention consists in, iist, the combil nation of cams or projectionsOna revolving tion causes the wave to vary considerably in bination ofan eccentric and one or more cams or rosettes with each other and with iother parts which connect'lthem to the Ylengraving-tool in such a mannerthat the motions produced by both are combined and transmitted to theengravingtool, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth;fourth, the combination, with an engravingtool and a guide or followerby which its depth is regulated, of an eccentric and connecting parts insuch a manner that the engraving-tool will be withdrawn periodicallyfrom the surface of the plate or other work to be engraved by the actionofthe mechanism, as hereinafter more fully set forth fifth, thecombination, with an engraving-tool and a guide or follower by which itsdepth is regulated, of one or more cams or rosettes and connecting partsin such a manner that the engraving-tool will or maybe withdrawn, fromtime to time, from the surface of the work to vary the'figures by theaction of the cams or rosettes, as hereinafter more fully set forth;sixth, the combination, with a series ot' cams Y or rosettes, and with areciprocating frame,

from which motion is transmitted to the e11- graving-tool, of a seriesof adjustable stops or touches, by the adjustment of which any one ormore of the cams or rosettes may be made to of erate upontheengraving-tool, as hereinafter more fully set forth; seventh, thearrangement, with one of the shafts, by which that part of the machinewhich moves the work to be operated upon is connected with that part ot'themaehine which operates the engraving-tool, of adoubling-cluteh soconstructed as to allow the gure'to be readilyV doubled, substantiallyas and the purpose set forth; eighth, the arrangement, with an e11-gravin g-tool and parts for communicatingmotion thereto, of;` a platformor bridge and two or more supporting parts for supporting the same, andone or more cams or rosettes or eccentrics, or equivalent devices foroperating each of the same, substantially as set forth 5 ninth, thecombination, with a frame or equivalent device for supporting the bridgeor platform by which or in which the several motions of two or moredifferent cams, rosettes, or eccentrics,one or more or either arecombined, of `one or more adjustable bearings, by which the effect ofone or more of the motions combined npon the motion of theengra-vingltool may be more or less modified, as hereinafter more fullyset forth; tenth, so

constructing any one or more of the adjustable bearings above mentioned,and so combining it with other parts, that one ot' the several motionscombined in the action of the engraving tool may be made inoperativeupon the graver, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter setforth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an end elevation of my improvedlathe. Fig. 2 is a plan ofthe engraving-tool and rest, showing the toolin position to operate upon an angular surface. Fig. 3 is a detail Viewshowing in side elevation the sliding tool-holder, theengravin g-tool,the gage or guide by which the depth of the operation of theengravingtool is regulated, andk the arm or bell-crank,- which is usedin connection with other parts for retracting or withdrawing theengravingtool from the work. Fig. et isa general plan of the machine.Fig. 5 gives detailed views of the tool-slide and ofthe several upperworks upon which it is mounted. In this figure No. l is a revolvingtable arranged to turn upon the main slide placed under it, so asptogive the tool a motion parallel with the surface of Ythe work; No. 2 isa plate which is mounted immediately upon the plate represented in No. lNos. 3 and 5 represent parts of the cap or plate which supports theslidingltool-holder or rest, and No. 4t represents the tool holder. Fig.6 is a plan of some of the internal mechanism ofthe rest by which themotion given by the cams or rosettes and eccentric is communicated tothe engraving-tool. Fig. 7 is a section of the same parts. Fig. 8 is aplan of a table by which the motion from the eccentric and rosettes orcams is communicated to the engraving-to'ol.'ir Fig. 9 is a side view ofthe same thing. FigQlO is a detail elevation showing a'n end view of therest upon which the engraving-tool is mounted, and also showing theconnection of various parts for transmitting the motion of the rosettesand'eccentric to the engraving-tool.

A is the pcd-plate of the machine, which, should be made of cast-iron,though in the drawings it is represented as being made of wood. It isproper to remark here that none ofthe parts of this machine should bemade of wood, and that all the parts which are represented in thedrawings as wood should be made of iron, steel, or brass.

B is the mandrel of the lathe. Itis mounted in bearings in the usualmanner, is provided with a face-plate, C, on which to place the work,and carries a spur-wheel, D, which gears into another spur-wheel, E, onthe shaft F. The wheel E gears into a pinion, Gr, on the clutch-shaft H,which latter is mounted on the shaft I. The shaft I carries abevel-wheel, J, which meshes into another bevel-wheel, K, on the shaftL, to which latter the crank M is attached. The machine is put in motionby turning this crank M, and from this point it is easy to trace themotion through the connections already described to the mandrel B. Thebevel-wheel K also meshes into a bevel-wheel,

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N, by which means motion-is communicated to the shaft O, on which thewheel N is hunO. This shaft O has a groove, P, running nearly its entirelength, as shown iii lr`ig.1,to receive a corresponding rib, whichprojects inwardly from the piece or cylinder upon which the eccentricand ,rosettes are formed, as shown in Q is an eccentric which isaccurately fitted on the shaft O, and has a rib projecting inwardlytherefrom to tit into the groove P in the shaft O.

R is a piece of metal on which a series of cams or rosettes are formedto aid in the production of the pattern desired. Theserosettes may beformed separately; butI preferto make them all in one piece. Theeccentric Q and the rosettes it form the pattern engraved by givingmotion to the engraving-tool.

S is an eccentric-strap, which surrounds the eccentric Q, and by meansof the rod T con` iiects it with the slide U. This slide has la pin, V,inserted in it, which supports and operates upon the lit'ter \V.communicating to it a vertical motion derived from the revolution oftheecceiitiic Q. This lifter W is made in one piece with shaft a and thearms b. These last support a cross-head, c, which is adjusted thereon bymeans of a thumb-screw, d, the ob' ject of this a lj ustineiit being tovary the effect of the eccentric upon the motion of the tool. Thiscross-head or cross-bai' c supports one end ofthe frame c, the other endof which is supported by the similar cross-headf. This crosshead fissupported on arms g, of similar construction to the arms I), andt'ornied in like inaiiiieriii one piece with the shaft li. Itis alsosimilarly adjusted bynieansot'the thumb-screw t. A lifter, j, similar tothe iit'ter 7, projects fi oni the shatt l1, and is operated by theslide lr, which latter receives motion from the cams or rosettes formedupon the cylinder it through tre intervention of the stops or touches l.These stops or touches l are all hung in a. vibrating frame, m, in sucha manner as to be readily adjustable by drawing them outward or pushingthem inward. Then they are pushed into the position represented in thedrawings, they a-re not operated upon by the cams or rosettes; but whenthey are drawn out, as represented or indicated in red lines in Fig. 10,the cams or rosettes n on the cylinder lt act upon them at eachrevolution ot' said cylinder, by this means periodically raising theinner side of the frame m and giving it a vibrating motion on its axis,p, the inner end of this frame heilig prevented from falling too far bythe pin q, set in one of the hangers r, in which the frame m issupported. The motion thus produced is communicated to the slide 7s bymeans of a projectingpiece, s, which extends under a shoulder on thesaid slide. The motion thus communicated to this slide is in its turnimparted to the lifter j by means of the pin t and through said lifterand the frame of which it forms a part to the frame c, in the manneralready described in relation to the I communication of the motion ofthe eccentric to the other end of the said frame. A shaft, u, extendstransversely through the middle of the frame c, which shaft supports oneend of each of the bars 'v and tr, the other end of the bars c beingsupported by the shaft a, and the other end of the bars te beingsupported by the shaft l1, on each of which bearings they are permittedto vibrate. A pin, 1, is fixed in each of these levers or bars c and wfor the downwardiy-projecting lugs 2 and 3 of the platform 4 to rest on.These pins I place at the same relative distance between the xed andmovable bearing .in all these bars. The lugs 2, as will be perceived,are notched, as represented in Fier. 9, to prevent the platform fromgetting out of its place upon the. pins.

It will be observed by a careful consideration of the foregoingdescription that every motion given to frame-that is to say, everyelevation or depression given to either end of it-has its proportionateeffect upon the platform through the shaft u and the levers c and 1r,and only in that way; and this being considered, it is easy to see thatwhen the pins 1 are all placed at the saine proportion of the distancefrom the fixed to the movable bearing in each lever i; and iv, all partsof the platform 4 will be raised and lowered alike, notwithstanding thismotion maybe produced either by a movement ofoiie end alone ofthe framec or by the combined movements of both ends. This is very importa-nt, asit not only insures the uniform action ot' the engravingtool withoutreference to its position over the platform, but also because it allowsthe m0- tions of the cams and the"eccentiic to be coinbiiied andmodified to any desired extent, as will be hereinafter more fullyexplained.

It now becomes necessary to trace to the engravingtool the motionsimparted, as already described, to the platform 4, and as the mechanismby which this result is secured is somewhat complex, I shall be obligedto ask the readers careful and undivided attention.

5 is the tool by which the engraving is done. It is secured in aJsliding stock, 6, and a gage, 7, is also titted and secured in the samestock. Both the tool 5 and the gage 7 are so fitted into holes orgrooves in the stock as to be capable of longitudinal or sliding motiontherein when not prevented by the set-screws S and 9, for apurpose whichwill be hereinafter explained. The tool-stock 6 is also fitted to slidefreely in a dovetail groove in the toolplate 10, in which it is mounted,and may be kept up to the work by the pressure of the. hand or by aspring, as may be desired. For the purpose of accurate adjustment of thewidth of the groove to the width of the toolstock, one side of it isformed by the separate plate l1, as shown in No. 5, Fig. 5. Thetoolplate 1t) is mounted on the swing-plate 12 in such a manner as toallow it to slide smoothly and with tolerable ease for a short distancein ahorizontal direction transverse to the line of motion in which thetoolstock 6 .slides in the tool-plate 10. The swing-plate 12 is mountedupon the plate 18, which forms a part of the sliding carriage in whichthe vibrating frame c and other parts are secured. A circular groove,14, is formed in the plate 13, as shown in Fig. 2, into which acorresponding tongue, projecting downward from the swingplate 12 lits,so as to allow the swing plate to be turned round within certain limitsto allow slide-plate or tool-plate 10 to slide parallel with the surfaceof the work at the operatingpoint, and the tool slide 0r stock 6 toslide at right angles to it. The center of motion, or rather the centerupon or partially around which the swing-plate 12 turns, is designed tobe at the working-point ofthe engraving tool, or as nearly so aspossible. A more perfect adjustmentin this particularmay, it' necessary,be secured by mounting the swing-plate upon an auxiliary plate, thelatter being so mounted upon the plate 13 in such a manner as to becapable of being adjusted and fixed in any position upon it. The slidingplate or toolplate 10 is prevented from tipping on the swing-plate -12by means of a bar, 15, the ends of which are permitted to slide in hooks16, attached to the tool-plate, as shown in dotted lines in No. 2, Fig.5, and themiddle of which is secured by a screw to the swing-plate,thereby keeping the plate 1() down snugly to the plate 12. Any one ofvarious other devices well known to mechanicsfor similar purposes may,however, be used. lhe swingyplate 12 is also secured from tipping on theplate 13. The position and motions of the tool-plate 10 upon,theswing-plate 12 are secured and controlled through the intervention ofaspring, 17, shown in No. 2,Fig. 5, partly in dotted lines, and a bentlever or bell-crank, 18, shown in the same iigure. One end of thisspring 17 is secured to the toolplate 10, and the other end is hookedonto a stud, 19, set in the swing-plate, by which arrangement thetension of the spring 17 is made to draw the tool-plate 10 to the righton the swing-plate 12. The bell-crank 18 is hung in the swingplate 12,with one arm projecting upward and resting against a shoulder upon thetool-plate 10 in such a ma-nner as to hold or press it back against thetension of the spring 17. The other end of this bell-crank 1S rests in amortise in the lifting-rod 20, the lower end of `which rests upon theplatform 4, a mortise of annular form being cut through the plate 13 toallow it to extend through, at the same time allowing its position to bechanged by the swing ofthe plate 12. The parts being thus 'constructedand arranged, We can now perceive that the tension of the spring 17 willdraw the tool-plate 1() to the righ-t hand upon the swing-plate 12 tillthe lifting-rod 20 is pressed down snugly upon the platform'4, thehorizontal arm of the bellcrank 18 resting in the bottom of the mortisemade through said lifting-rod for its reception. This being the case, itis clear that any elevation or lifting of the platform 4 will move thetool-plate 10, and with it the toolslide and engraving tool11orizontally to the right, and any depression of the said platform willallow the spring 17 to draw said tool-slide and tool to the left. ltwill therefore be easy to see, from a careful examination of theforegoing description of the mechanism and the movements thereof', thatthe movements imparted to the en gravin g-tool during the rotation ofthe faceplate O, upon which the article to be engraved is mounted, canbe made to produce a waved line upon the work. This line may, however,be variedfrom a true and plain circle to a very eccentric or a verysharply waved line, or both, by adjustments of the parts. By drawingback the cross-bar c till it coincides ith the center of the shaft a theeffect of the eccentric Q upon the engraving-tool is reduced to nothing,and unless some of the cams or rosettes are made to affect the operationof said tool, the line traced by it will be a true circle; but by meansof the adjusting-screw d the baro may be adjusted to any positionbetween this nugatory position and the end of the screw, at which latterposition it would give the eccentric the greatest effect, and producethe greatest eccentricity of the line made by the engraving-tool uponthe work. A similar capacity for adjustment exists at the other end ofthe frame e, which is operated by the cams and rosettes, so that theireffect may be varied anywhere from a perfectly plain line to a verysharply waved one.

By modifying the operations ot' the eccentric and cams by means oftheadjusting-screws d and i, very greatly varied and extremely beautifuleffects may be produced, and by combining the varied effects of both therange of variation is very much enlarged. Still greater range, if everdesired, may be produced by making the frame e triangular, andsupporting and operating it at three points instead of two, the supportsto the platform being constructed to conformto such an arrangement, andthe frame e being operated at one point by one series of cams orrosettes, at another point by another series of perhaps different form,and at the third point by an eccentric. The present arrangement,however, including the provision already described, by which theindividual cams or rosettes can be each thrown into or out of operationat pleasure, is believed to give sufcie'nt variety and range for mostpractical purposes when operated in connection with the dou bling-clutchalready mentioned, and which will be hereinafter bescribed.

It is proper to remark here, to avoid being misunderstood, thatv theeccentricity spoken of as effected by the action of the eccentric on theengraving-tool is not intended to indicate that the line thus producedwill be a plain circle with di'erent center from that of the mandrel ofthe lathe-it (a waved line) produced by an eccentric motion acting in adirect line upon the engravingtool, as will be seen by a carefulconsideration of the action ofthe parts in connection with each other.

ln some of the kinds of work which this machine is intended to performit is sometimes desirable to doublc7 the figure. To accomplish this iuthis machine l make an enlargemeut,21,on the end of the clutch-shaft H,which enlargement forms one part of a pinclutch and meets acorresponding enlarge ment, 22, on the shaft l. rlwo holes are boredthrough these two enlarged portions 2l and 22 on opposite sides oftheshaft, and the two parts 2l and 22 are connected by a pin, 23, passingthrough both, and by withdrawing pin from the part 22, turning it aroundtill the pin meets the hole in the opposite side, and inserting the pin,the movements of the eiigraving-tool are shifted upon the work so as todouble the figure, or, in other words, so as to bring the outer portionof the wave produced by the eccentric, or by any one of the cams,opposite to the inner portion thereofin the preceding line. Indoiug thiskind ofengraving it is necessary to move the tool along upon the work atthe end of each revolution. To accomplish this in this machine the frame24, which supports all the connections between the shaft O and theengraving-tool, is fitted to slide upon the plate 25, which latter isextended down by a web and iiange to the bed plate of the machine andbolted thereon, the frame 24 being adj usted and moved along as the workrequires by the screw 26, worked by the crank 27, said screw working ina nut attached to the frame 24. Said frame, as it is moved along on theplate 25, carries with it the eccentric Q and the cam or rosettecylinder R, these parts sliding upon the shaft as already intimated, sothat all the parts which give motion to the engraving-tool preservetheir-proper relative positions. The screw 26 isl usually worked by handat the end of each revolution to move the engraving-tool along theproper distance for the next cut, and for line work should be providedwith an index with graduated index-plate stationarily fixed behind it toinsure the perfect adjustment of the tool. It might, perhaps, on somekinds of work be operated automatically.

Another device in this machine is so constructed and combined with otherparts as to raise, or rather withdraw, the engraving-tool periodicallyfrom the work, by which what may be termed raised gures 7 may beproduced. For this purpose the lifting-rod 2() is extended up so far asto support the frame or link 28 when in its lowest position. .lt isobvious that itwill consequently raise that part of the link which restsupon it as often as it is itself raised by the platform 4. '.lhe shankof the gage 7, which enters the toolstock 6, is mortised to receive thevertical arm of a bell crank, 29, which is hung upon an axis, 30, in adownwardly-prqiecting portion of the tool stock. The horizontal end ofthis bell'crank 29 rests, when adjusted same manner as before;

to operate, upon the bar or link 2S, which rests upon the liftingrod 20,and is hung upon an axis of vibration at 3l. lVhen the use of thisapparatus for withdrawing the tool from the work is not desired, thegage 7 is pushed far enough forward in the toolstock (i to raise thehorizontal arm of the bell-crank 2l) out ofthe range of the link 28, atits highest point of elevation, and fastened in that position by thesetscrew 9, the engraving-tool being advanced sufficiently beyond it togive the proper depth of cut and secured in that position by theset-screw 8; but when it is desired to use this* withdrawing apparatusthe set-screw 9 is started back so as'to allow the gage 7 to slidefreclyin the stock 6; the gage 7 is started back till the horizontal armof the bell-crank 29 rests upon the link 28, when in its lowestposition, and the engraving-tool is drawn in till it is onlysufficiently in advance' of the gage in its new position to give theproper cut, and is secured there by means of the set-screw 8. lt will beobvious from a consideration of these new adjustments and the necessaryoperation ofthe parts that so long as platform 4 remains in its lowestposition the engraving-tool will operate upon the work inthe but when`tl1e plat form 4, and consequently the link 28, is raised as the gage,being already pressed aga-inst the work, cannot advance, the tool-slide6 is necessarily drawn back, which brings t-he engraving-tool behind thepoint of the gage and out of working range, and as the platform againdescends the pressure upon or against the tool-stock causes theengraving-tool to resume its original working position. By stopping oftall the rosettes and running back the bar c very nearly to the axis a,so as to give a very close adjustm `nt to the eccentric motion, thisfeature of t e machine may be made to produce a very slightly waved lineof variable and graduated depth, the effect of which is highlyornamental. By fastening the tool-plate or slide l0 so far to the leftas to be out of the range of the vertical arm ot' the bell-crank 1S, theengravingtool may be withdrawn from thework by the apparatus abovedescribed without waving the line at all.

A slide may be substituted for the mandrel Il and the face-plate c whenthe character of the work to be performed requires it. The slide shouldin this case be worked with a uniform, direct, rectilinear motion.

A careful examination of the foregoing description will show that theparts vibrated to wave or break the line being very light, the machinemay be run at a very high speed wit-hout difficulty, and also that thefacility with which the eccentric and the various rosettes may becombined and their motions modified provides the means for theintroduction of a vast variety of figures, and that, too, upon the samepiece of work, if desired, without any necessity for breaking up thegeneral harmony of the parts. By modifications in the forms andcombinations of the rosettes used the variety of Work performed may beincreased almost to an unlimited eX- tent, and a large portion ot theWork done heretofore on the geometric lathe can be performed withadvantage on this machine.

I claim the following improvements in en gine turning-lathes:

l. The combination of the sliding cams n, adjustable frame e, andtoolplate 10, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the eccentric Q, the adjustable frame c, and theshaft O, substantially as hereinabove set folth.

3. The combination of the eccentric Q, one or more of the cams, n, ortheir equivalent, and the vibrating frame e and connecting parts, orequivalent device, for combining the motions produced by the eccentricand the cams and transmitting' the saine to the engraving-v two or moreof them, the adjustable'stocks or touches l, or any two or more ofthem'and the slide lo, when the latter is connected to theengraving-tool, substantially as described, to the effect hereinabovestated.

7. The arrangement, with the connectingshafts H and I, or equivalent,and with the engravin, g;toolY and the face-plate or its equivaient, onwhich the work is to be mounted, of the doubling-clutch 21, 22, and 23,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The arrangement in the engraving-tool 5, platform 4, eccentric Q, andcams n, or equivalent device, the parts being connected substantially asand to the. effect stated above.

9. The combination of the frame e, the platform 4, one or more of theadjustable bearings, c and'f, and one or more ot' the vibrating arms, band g, or equivalent, for modifying the motions to be imparted to theengraving-tool, substantially as set fozth.

10. So constructing the adjustable bearings c and f, or either of them,and so combining therewith the frame @and the armed shafts a and ll. oreither of them, that the motion given to one of the said shafts may beneutralized upon the frame e, substantially as set forth.

C. W. DICKINSOI. Witnesses:

THos. P. HoW, J AMES T. GRAHAM.

